Hair Salons in Pearl City
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For Salon Blanc co-owner Alan Vuong, hair is more than something to tuck behind an ear or sweep over a shoulder—it's an artistic medium that inspires creativity and pride. The salon's website even asserts that "hair is an expression of the moment we live in." Nothing could hold truer for Vuong and his team, who are continually educating themselves on the latest cutting and coloring techniques and products. They displayed these to full effect when they journeyed to California for the 2011 International Salon and Spa Expo—one of the largest professional beauty events on the West Coast—a trip chronicled on Living Local.
Vuong's trendsetting artistic vision earned him the title of Honolulu magazine's Editors' Pick for Best Hairstylist in 2009, and according to that publication, "he even has clients flying in from Japan and Guam to get the Vuong vibe." He and his crew rely on the Kérastase and Shu Uemura lines for haircare, and also offer services such as bridal packages, makeup, and waxing.
It should come as no surprise that Vuong is as concerned with the salon aesthetic as he is with his clients' satisfaction. His blank-canvas hair philosophy is much like the look of the Ala Moana Beach–facing salon itself; in fact, he compared the space to an artist's studio in a feature in American Salon magazine. The minimalist, white-on-white interior is accentuated by black leather chairs and feathery chandeliers that are lighter and more elegant than a performance of Swan Lake on the international space station.
Salon C is a full-service salon that updates clients’ looks while bestowing them with personalized attention and complimentary beverages. The experienced and well-rounded staff—composed of Paul Mitchell educators and graduates of the Aveda Institute—keeps their skills current through continual education. Ever on the hunt for the most flattering looks, they begin each service with a thorough consultation that evaluates clients’ eye color, skin tone, and DNA.
On the spa side of the treatment menu, aestheticians use Dermologica skincare products to foster younger-looking facades, while waxing techs create hair-free surfaces. Makeup artists forge temporary or permanent enhancements, and nail techs add another dimension to fingers and toes with 3-D nail art.
As a L’Oreal exclusive salon, Elements Salon and Wellness Spa beautifies bodies with a bevy of aesthetic treatments, including hair upgrades, massages, facials, and mani-pedis. The salon’s stylists specialize in customized haircuts, extensions, and coloring, whereas the team’s spa techs dispense nutrients during oxygen and vitamin C-infused facials, mineral salt aromatherapy, and chakra-balancing therapies that use massage, chakra crystals, and a fistful of tuning forks.
Four Elements Salon & Spa establishes a sense of serenity before treatments even commence. While reclining on plush leather couches in the waiting room, guests can warm up their contented-sigh muscles over mugs of coffee and tea, or peruse the spa's selection of jewelry and handmade headbands. Staff members then lead the way into either the salon—where stylists create new 'dos via haircuts and highlights—or private treatment rooms, where low lighting casts a warm glow on cozy treatment beds and vases of fresh flowers. Aestheticians offer a full range of skin services, including facials and waxing, and licensed massage therapists knead away stress.
ViVi Salon & Spa aims for luxury. Whether snipping strands, waxing stubble, or gussying up nails, the techs and stylists reach straight past the bottom- and middle-of-the-line products for their topside superiors. Nail techs—all with at least five years of experience—apply eye-catching shades of OPI and China Glaze polish to nails, or massage feet as clients relax atop plush pedicure chairs and their accompanying whirling footbaths. During pedicures, they lavish feet with products such as La Palm, Gabel's Cosmetics, and Gena, exfoliating along the way with an organic pomegranate sugar scrub. Patrons while away the hours as hot-stone massages and facials dissolve tension more effectively than a clown parachuting into the middle of a duel.
An integral cog of the beauty industry for more than 25 years, Salon AVA's owner, head stylist, and namesake trims and tints, tresses alongside a team of stylists, each of which counts at least 15 years of experience. They flesh out a menu of traditional salon services with contemporary methods for pampering manes, such as the Japanese Mucota treatment. This replenishing serum infuses damaged, tightly coiled, or scurvy-stricken tresses with a natural enzyme that straightens hair to a natural, healthy shine. As stylists dream up new designs, pillars of light illuminate clients' glossy tendrils and bounce off the parquet floors, which sport modish, bright-orange chairs.
